When Jews commit violence, it becomes an indictment of Zionism. When Arabs commit violence, it becomes a conversation about context. See the difference?
The same “genocide” clowns now are trying to roll into “settler violence” as their mileage decreases. And the same bunch of well meaning, navel gazing suckers fall for it again. Someday they’ll figure out that nothing short of Israel’s ritual suicide will satisfy these people.
Great stuff and very important to learn more about.
This may sound simplistic, but the one thought it brings to mind is what Zionism aspired to, amongst other goals: the normalisation of the Jewish People. Now, "normal" is worth parsing . But the short of it is a people in their land, normal, like all other peoples.
So there is that " normal" term again. In all normal peoples and groups there are bad apples. Rotten people. Belligerent, thieves, liars, corrupt officials, murderers, rapists, wife abusers , pedophiles, you name it. And so it is in the State of Israel. Criminals are a minority in most places, including Israel, but are a normal feature everywhere.
It doesn't surprise to see examples of Jewish terrorism. What is abnormal is a government that doesn't try to put an end to it, as they should endeavour with all crimes. Not only that, but sometimes it seems there are elements in the government who encourage the phenomenon.
I personally don't care what it does to Israel's "image".
First, we should be able to say ,neutrally ,
" there are bad things that happen in Israel, like everywhere else". It is actually the contemptuous insistence of Jew-haters that we be impossibly " perfect", expected surely to fail, that we " prove" to all why we arrogantly deemed ourselves " chosen" and " a light unto the nations" , which establishes and emphasises the double standard imposed on Israel, even as we have every reason to insist that in so many aspects our exceptionalism still stands.
Second, nothing Israel does justifies the worldwide Jew-hatred, now morphed into anti-Zionism. That ancient hatred has been there for millennia. The newest burst of its violence took us by surprise, but somehow, and again that word shows up, it feels normal to us.
It's not true that the government isn't trying to combat the problem of Jewish terrorism.
Firstly, arrests, trials, and sanctions against Jewish terrorists are not covered in the media, and if they are mentioned, not a single journalist elaborates on the stories.
Secondly, Jewish terrorism is a mirror response (this is certainly incorrect, but there is an explanation) to Arab terrorism, which is not only not suppressed by the Palestinian Authority, but is also encouraged financially and ideologically. People who have been subjected to Arab terrorism for years, and to the provocations of leftist international and Israeli activists, are sooner or later forced to take this path.
Before the Arab unrest of 2021, Jewish terrorism was harshly suppressed (even more harshly than Arab terrorism). After the unrest of 2021, when many in Israel saw that the state was unable to protect its citizens in such cases, many believed that countering Arab terrorism with other methods was the solution. Of course, this isn't a solution, but people draw their conclusions by looking at what's happening outside their windows, not by listening to arguments about what's good and what's bad.
And after October 7th and the subsequent Arab terrorism and increased pressure on settlers, the mood hasn't improved at all.
Occam's razor: what doesn't happen is not reported. There are minimal and rare responses. No deterrence. No prevention. Police and military often stand and watch.
Besides, one could claim anything, and say the reason you haven't heard of it is because it wasn't reported.
Settler terrorism is not " justice" oriented, and if so ,that would be vigilante justice that has no room in a country of laws. It is ideological and religious.Some government officials have made widespread pronouncements supporting the taking of all the land. If you ask me, we shouldn't give up in the land, and I am not a strategist that knows how to solve this intractable problem. But harassing and victimising is not the way.
Finally, tit-for-tat comparing " terrorisms" is not reasonable. We can't whitewash an evil in our midst because the Arabs are so much worse.
Every society believes it is 'special' and 'chosen'. Most of the world's countries' names stem from such words as 'god's people'. But no one hates Japan for example. (Well almost no one anymore. They were able to 'reclaim' their image as 'good people'.)
The issue, for many fully committed Zionists like Stephens (and myself), is not that there are a small number of Jews who are committing what you correctly acknowledge as terrorism. The issue is the government that, from every appearance, slow-walks investigations and prosecutions of the perpetrators— the same government that can quickly (and quite appropriately) apprehend Palestinian terrorists in the same area.
The terrorists don’t represent the state; the government does.
Imagine if Mamdani’s New York City police department gave every appearance of similarly slow-walking the terrorists who attack Jews on the streets of the city. We would, rightly, demand equal justice.
The damning indictment is not what these terrorists do, it’s what the government doesn’t do in response.
In fact, many people don't know how the security services deal with settlers prone to violence and terrorism. Even in Israel, many have a vague idea, because the media (95% anti-settler) rarely reports on the arrests or trials of Jewish terrorists.
The problem is that the Israeli media's main sources of "settler violence" are left-wing organizations and activists who provoke settlers to violence and report their own version of events.
The Shin Bet unit for countering Jewish terrorism is no less strict than the unit dealing with Arab terrorism.
It's all much more complicated than you might learn from the media.
Quite the opposite. There was a small scandal here recently when it was shown that the head of police in Judea/Samaria instructed his police units to arrest Jews even when there was no reason to do so. The government and its various actors are as bad as the leftist press and would happily send these kids to Antarctica.
“the absurdity of discussing Jewish violence as though it were the original engine driving the conflict” - this is what underpins the Antizionists’ entire view. It is the lens through which they interpret everything, installed by the simplistic oppressor/oppressed ideology, a self-reinforcing system that precludes critical thinking and the intrusion of any idea which might cast doubt on their certainty.
May I add a bit of information on the subject so that readers here get the right perspective about the Leftist political propaganda advancing the myth of Jewish terrorism:
Palestinian terrorist attacks since 1993 till today in Judea and Samaria
Since the signing of the Oslo Accords in September 1993 through today, Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) have experienced thousands of Palestinian terrorist attacks, resulting in the deaths of hundreds of Israeli civilians and security personnel.
These acts have included shootings, suicide bombings, stabbings, vehicular rammings, improvised explosive devices (IEDs), and rock-throwing.
Timeline and Major Eras
1993–2000 (Post-Oslo Period): Following the Declaration of Principles in September 1993, factions like Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) launched numerous shooting and bombing attacks targeting Israelis traveling or living in Judea and Samaria, alongside attacks within Israel proper. Nearly 300 Israelis were killed during this initial period.
2000–2005 (The Second Intifada):
This period marked a massive escalation, featuring intensive suicide bombings in buses and public spaces, as well as frequent ambushes and shootings on Judea and Samaria roadways. Over 1,000 Israelis lost their lives across the country during this campaign.
2015–2016 (The "Knife Intifada"): Characterized largely by decentralized or lone-wolf attacks involving stabbings, vehicular rammings, and small-arms fire originating across Judea and Samaria and East Jerusalem.
2021–Present (Resurgence and Modern Escalation): The region saw a sharp rise in organized and localized armed groups (such as the Lion's Den and local Hamas/PIJ networks), alongside frequent shooting, explosive, and ramming attacks. Following the events of October 7, 2023, the volume of violent incidents and thwarted terror plots in Judea and Samaria dramatically accelerated, with thousands of individual asymmetric attacks—ranging from Molotov cocktails and rock-throwing to sophisticated roadside bombs and fatal shootings—recorded annually by security and emergency responders.
Primary Tactics and Characteristics
Shootings: Roadside drive-by shootings and ambush attacks targeting civilian vehicles and military posts along regional routes (such as Routes 60 and 90).
IEDs and Explosives: Increased deployment of roadside and concealed explosive devices against security forces during operational entries and civilian transit.
Stabbings and Rammings: Opportunistic assaults at hitchhiking posts, junctions, and community entrances by individual assailants.
Low-Trajectory Violence: Daily localized friction points involving rock-throwing, Molotov cocktails, and tire-burning aimed at disrupting transit and inflicting casualties.
Official statistical data and reports from security organizations regarding terrorist activity in Judea and Samaria are primarily compiled by the Israel Security Agency (Shabak/Shin Bet), the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), and academic research bodies like the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS).
1. Israel Security Agency (Shabak) & INSS Data
The Shabak tracks completed, attempted, and thwarted attacks. Comprehensive annual analysis by the INSS Summary of Terror Attacks details a major spike in regional violence: [1, 2]
Total Attacks: In 2024, the Shabak recorded 6,828 terror attacks across Israel and the West Bank, effectively doubling the 3,436 attacks seen in 2023. [2]
Thwarted Operations: According to a Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) Analysis of Shabak Reports, intelligence forces successfully prevented 1,040 significant terror plots in the West Bank and Jerusalem in 2024. These thwarted plots included 689 firearm attacks and 326 explosive devices. [1]
Casualties: In 2024, Palestinian terror attacks resulted in 46 fatalities and 337 injuries. [2]
2. Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Data
The IDF Central Command monitors localized militancy, weapon seizures, and operational trends. Recent data published in an IDF Central Command Report on Ynetnews highlights a stabilization in 2025 following the massive surges of 2023–2024: [3, 4]
Fatalities (2025): Fifteen Israelis (including seven soldiers) were killed in West Bank-related terror attacks in 2025, marking a downward trend from 35 fatalities in 2024. [4]
Arrests: The IDF arrested approximately 3,500 Palestinian terror suspects throughout 2025, which represented a 25% year-over-year increase in proactive counterterrorism sweeps. [4]
Incident Frequency: By 2026, the IDF and Shabak reported that overall terror incidents in the West Bank had fallen significantly compared to the height of the 2024 escalation, though localized cells (primarily in Jenin and Tulkarm) remain highly active, requiring ongoing major brigade-level counterterrorism operations. [3, 4, 5]
3. Historical and Ongoing Victim Tracking
For a complete, names-based historical database tracing back to the 1993 Oslo Accords and through the current calendar year, the Israeli government keeps official records. [6]
The official Gov.il Wave of Terror Portal provides monthly incident tracking from 2015 through mid-2026, recording specific major roadway shootings, stabbings, and IED deployments in Judea and Samaria. [7]
For an exhaustive chronological list of every individual killed in these incidents, the Jewish Virtual Library Comprehensive Listing of Terrorism Victims compiles names, locations, and context for casualties since Israel's inception, including the thousands killed post-1993. [8]
If you would like to explore specific data points further, let me know if I should break down specific types of weapons used (like the rise of localized IEDs) or details regarding IDF counterterrorism operations in areas like Jenin and Tulkarm. [1, 3]
“I spent an afternoon last week doing something international journalist are unwilling to do.
I read every single case in the B'Tselem database of "settlers violence" against Palestinian casualties.
All 134 of them. In 26 years, going back to the year 2000.
When I'll tell you what I found you'd blood will boil.
But yes, thisis the entire dataset international media has been screaming about. Twenty-six years. 134 deaths.
Israel has half a million Jews living in Judea and Samaria. Two million Palestinian neighbors. Twenty-six years of overlapping farmland, shared roads, tense afternoons, and everything in between. And this is the number that supposedly proves we are a wave of armed settler violence sweeping the West Bank.
But that is not even the punchline.
Because when I actually read the cases, here is what is in that number.
Half of them, roughly 65 cases, were Palestinians killed while actively trying to murder Jews. Stabbers shot mid-stab. Shooters killed while shooting. Ramming drivers stopped before they could hit the next Jewish family. Firebomb throwers neutralized while throwing firebombs at moving cars with children in the backseat.
These are not victims of settler violence. These are terrorists killed while committing terror attacks.
Another 40%, roughly 55 cases, were killed during land disputes adjacent to Jewish communities. At best boundary disputes. At worst encroachment and trasspassing. The kind of high-stress friction that ends badly for someone. Every one of these should be investigated, and Israeli police do investigate them. But calling them "settler violence" is like calling every bar fight where someone eventually died a targeted assassination.
Which leaves us with fewer than 20 cases across 26 years of actual bad-actor Jewish extremist violence against Palestinian non-combatants.
Less than one per year.
Every one of those cases is a real outrage. Every one causes horror across the Israeli political spectrum. When Amiram Ben-Uliel was convicted of murdering the Dawabsheh family in Duma in 2015, he received three consecutive life sentences.
That is what we do with our extremists. We hunt them down, prosecute them, and put them away for the rest of their lives.
Unlike Palestinians who pay for slay.
Now compare that to what happens on the other side.
For the past two decades, polls conducted by Palestinian institutions themselves have consistently shown that upwards of 70% of Palestinians support violence against Israeli civilians. Suicide bombings during the Second Intifada. The kidnapping and murder of Jewish teenagers. The barbaric October 7 massacre, which the majority still calls the correct decision.
One side treats violence against civilians as a moral catastrophe. The other side treats it as a legitimate national strategy, and pays lifetime salaries to imprisoned terrorists and the families of dead ones.
That is the moral asymmetry the phrase "cycle of violence" was invented to obscure.
So the next time you see a headline about "settler violence," here is what you are actually reading about:
Fewer than one incident per year, in a population of half a million, prosecuted by our courts, condemned by our leaders, and rejected by our society.
Compare that to thousands of Israeli civilians killed by Palestinian attacks since 1967.
That is not a cycle of violence.
That is a war one side wages against the other while the other side defends its children and puts its own criminals in prison.
Look at the numbers and tell me who the story is really about.”….
Could you put it in a separate note or an article so it can be seen and shared with more people, please? I speak as one who has never believed the myth of ‘settler violence’.
Although I’m against having to defend Israel’s right to exist. You seem very reasonable . So I’m willing to open my mind Where am I going wrong ? And It is an assertion. but a true assertion. “ A true assertion is a statement that accurately describes reality — one whose content matches the actual state of affairs it refers to.“
Modern maps show, that land is Israel. They have a government, military, who has a right to tell them want to do? So what If they’re hatred. Would the gentile world suddenly like Jews if they did stupid things against their own self interests? The only thing that matters is saving the few Jews still in existence. Inviting those sworn to their death, into their midst doesn’t sound logical. History, laws, opinions, nothing else matters. The Arab world will likely not vanish if there’s no Palestine, but the Jewish community could end if the Islamists
The Nazi-sympathising AntiSemites who run parts of the Media and Diplomacy in this AntiZionist campaign resent and hate Strong Jews. This is the real sentiment behind their campaign since 1948, and deflects attention from the Real German Nazi Genocides and Terrorism which murdered 50 Million people 1939-1945, including the Nazi Genocidal murder against Russia and 27 Million Russian souls who perished: The Nazi campaign started in the Media is thus To be filed under Hypocrisy and then ignored. Of course, they will claim the same to defame and then deny The Holocaust. But this will condemn the planet to Genocide which we monitors have heard is planned here in Europe by the Re-formed Nazi Party, of 3000 million in the Developing world. Our full reports are with you.
Excellent job. I'm so tired of the leftist narrative on this subject I often just skip over those articles but since you wrote this one I anticipated a better understanding of the real issues. And that's what I got. Thank you.
I have witnessed the cruelty with my own eyes, and talked to many Beduoin men who's villages have been demolished and who's families have been harassed. Every Israeli should sign up to do "Protective Presence" to defend helpless villagers. This is not Jewish values! I have defended Israel my entire life and I am so ashamed and disgusted by what I saw I can no longer defend Israel. Settler housing is going up everywhere on land that should be Palestininian. It doesn't matter what some Arab terrorists do, it does not justify the ethnic cleansing and the government's tasit approval. This is ruining the country I loved. Israelis, stop turning a blind eye to harm that is happening to innocent people. This is harmful to both peoples.
Despite being used politically and extrapolated into something it isn't, Jewish terrorism is still what it is, as distinct from Palestinian or Arab terrorism. And although committed by a small minority, it is escalating and becoming more violent, more extreme. It's not being dealt with by the government, the IDF or the police as it should be - and the likes of Ben-Gvir is sooling it on - consequently the behaviour is normalised, as antisemitic behaviour became normalised in Australia due to lack of leadership and police enforcement of the law.
You say that only a few hundred lawbreakers don't pose a direct threat to the powerful State that is Israel or to Zionism. It does though pose a direct threat to the people who suffer the violence and arson. It also poses a threat to morality. The morality of the individual Jew matters. It always has. If we look away from that, we will decline, in time.
No good Projecting your views and criminal support for the rapists in Hamas onto us, matey. Your real motive is hatred, and you have revealed yourself in your posts. I shall be reminding our readers you condone Rape if it is Acts of Resistance….In your own words, Mr Eriksson.
Arab terrorism coming from Judea and Samaria (and Gaza) is why the entire hoax of "Palestinianism" is OVER. Israel is a teensy country and will no longer tolerate having terrorists, whose sole goal in life is to kill Jews, in or on the border of Israel anymore. Scream all you want, but it's OVER. Those Arabs who call themselves "Palestinians" should have taken the land deals they were offered for decades--they would have had most of Judea and Samaria and more. But they never wanted that. Read their words and charters--they will only accept ALL of Israel. It's over, now.
Boo hoo. International Law, The United Nations--all failed and have been corrupted by Islamic money. Israel doesn't give a shit anymore, Michael. This is about survival and preventing another 6 million+ Jews being slaughtered (plus the two million Arab citizens, Christian citizens, and others who would also suffer the destruction of Israel). 57 Muslim countries, dozens of Christian countries and one teensy state where Jews can be safe. And read history and look at a map of the Mideast and THEN tell me who the "colonizers" and land-thieves are. It ain't the Jews living on their indigenous land (and by the way, half of the Jews in Israel NEVER LEFT THE REGION IN 5000 YEARS). Go fixate on some other country--oh, but you won't. Israel/Jews occupy your mind to the exclusion of facts and much worse going on. You are a typical, brain-washed, obsessed Jew hater. Worthless.
You are grossly ignorant of the facts of the Middle East. So much so that it’s ridiculous to even continue “discussion.” You don’t even understand what Islamic terror is about, including Hamas (hint—it's not just about the Jews). You think it’s all about land. It isn’t. Never was. Wake up. You are wasting your time. Israel isn't going anywhere, and the world has proven --yet again--exactly why Israel was re-constituted after the Holocaust. There is NO WHERE else on earth the Jews can not be discriminated against, abused, murdered, expelled. No where for them to go, except Israel. Before, during and after the Holocaust, the European haters screamed, "Go back where you came from"--meaning Israel. The survivors had no where else in the world to go, no one wanted to take refugees, especially Jews. And now the world screams, "Go back where you came from."--meaning Europe, where they were slaughtered and are today being abused yet again. Thousands of Jews are leaving Europe and moving to Israel where they can be safe and free; they didn't have that option last time the world went through massive Jew hate (happens every 60-100 years in history, so here we are, 75 years past the Holocaust. Right on schedule). Go focus on Pakistan, where Muslims are slaughtering Hindus (over 100 thousand so far). Or Africa where Muslims are slaughtering Christians (also over a hundred thousand so far). Or focus on the Muslim terrorists who have killed MILLIONS of other Muslims who don't agree with the terrorists (still happening). Wake up and realize what is really happening, and what the Palestinian hoax is REALLY about. Until you do, there is no point in continuing this "discussion."
Judea as place fictional? Read your history. The Romans changed the name Judea to Palaestina over 2,000 years ago precisely to try to eradicate the Jews and their place. And in the 21st century you are keen to do the same.
You have an agenda, Michael, and that always gets in the way of history and facts. I live in Australia where the origins of the Aboriginal, or Fist Nations people, are recognised and accepted insofar as the land is concerned. And that goes back 65,000 years, not a mere 2,000.
Screw yourself. The only thing out of hand is "palestinian" muslim terrorism against Jewish residents in Judea and Samaria and elsewhere. By what criteria do you deem Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria "illegal"? Says who?
All Arab settlements in Judea and Samaria are illegal and need to be dismantled.
In the modern world there’s no such thing as Palestine. The UN’s decrees carry ZERO weight. There’s no such thing as east Jerusalem. There is only Jerusalem which was always undivided other than the 18 years that Jordan illegally occupied part of it. There is no such thing as the “west bank”, the name Jordan changed it to in 1950 while it was illegally occupying Judea/Samaria.
The same “genocide” clowns now are trying to roll into “settler violence” as their mileage decreases. And the same bunch of well meaning, navel gazing suckers fall for it again. Someday they’ll figure out that nothing short of Israel’s ritual suicide will satisfy these people.
Great stuff and very important to learn more about.
This may sound simplistic, but the one thought it brings to mind is what Zionism aspired to, amongst other goals: the normalisation of the Jewish People. Now, "normal" is worth parsing . But the short of it is a people in their land, normal, like all other peoples.
So there is that " normal" term again. In all normal peoples and groups there are bad apples. Rotten people. Belligerent, thieves, liars, corrupt officials, murderers, rapists, wife abusers , pedophiles, you name it. And so it is in the State of Israel. Criminals are a minority in most places, including Israel, but are a normal feature everywhere.
It doesn't surprise to see examples of Jewish terrorism. What is abnormal is a government that doesn't try to put an end to it, as they should endeavour with all crimes. Not only that, but sometimes it seems there are elements in the government who encourage the phenomenon.
I personally don't care what it does to Israel's "image".
First, we should be able to say ,neutrally ,
" there are bad things that happen in Israel, like everywhere else". It is actually the contemptuous insistence of Jew-haters that we be impossibly " perfect", expected surely to fail, that we " prove" to all why we arrogantly deemed ourselves " chosen" and " a light unto the nations" , which establishes and emphasises the double standard imposed on Israel, even as we have every reason to insist that in so many aspects our exceptionalism still stands.
Second, nothing Israel does justifies the worldwide Jew-hatred, now morphed into anti-Zionism. That ancient hatred has been there for millennia. The newest burst of its violence took us by surprise, but somehow, and again that word shows up, it feels normal to us.
It's not true that the government isn't trying to combat the problem of Jewish terrorism.
Firstly, arrests, trials, and sanctions against Jewish terrorists are not covered in the media, and if they are mentioned, not a single journalist elaborates on the stories.
Secondly, Jewish terrorism is a mirror response (this is certainly incorrect, but there is an explanation) to Arab terrorism, which is not only not suppressed by the Palestinian Authority, but is also encouraged financially and ideologically. People who have been subjected to Arab terrorism for years, and to the provocations of leftist international and Israeli activists, are sooner or later forced to take this path.
Before the Arab unrest of 2021, Jewish terrorism was harshly suppressed (even more harshly than Arab terrorism). After the unrest of 2021, when many in Israel saw that the state was unable to protect its citizens in such cases, many believed that countering Arab terrorism with other methods was the solution. Of course, this isn't a solution, but people draw their conclusions by looking at what's happening outside their windows, not by listening to arguments about what's good and what's bad.
And after October 7th and the subsequent Arab terrorism and increased pressure on settlers, the mood hasn't improved at all.
Occam's razor: what doesn't happen is not reported. There are minimal and rare responses. No deterrence. No prevention. Police and military often stand and watch.
Besides, one could claim anything, and say the reason you haven't heard of it is because it wasn't reported.
Settler terrorism is not " justice" oriented, and if so ,that would be vigilante justice that has no room in a country of laws. It is ideological and religious.Some government officials have made widespread pronouncements supporting the taking of all the land. If you ask me, we shouldn't give up in the land, and I am not a strategist that knows how to solve this intractable problem. But harassing and victimising is not the way.
Finally, tit-for-tat comparing " terrorisms" is not reasonable. We can't whitewash an evil in our midst because the Arabs are so much worse.
Every society believes it is 'special' and 'chosen'. Most of the world's countries' names stem from such words as 'god's people'. But no one hates Japan for example. (Well almost no one anymore. They were able to 'reclaim' their image as 'good people'.)
You always bring a fresh and honest perspective on the issues facing Israel on a daily basis.
The issue, for many fully committed Zionists like Stephens (and myself), is not that there are a small number of Jews who are committing what you correctly acknowledge as terrorism. The issue is the government that, from every appearance, slow-walks investigations and prosecutions of the perpetrators— the same government that can quickly (and quite appropriately) apprehend Palestinian terrorists in the same area.
The terrorists don’t represent the state; the government does.
Imagine if Mamdani’s New York City police department gave every appearance of similarly slow-walking the terrorists who attack Jews on the streets of the city. We would, rightly, demand equal justice.
The damning indictment is not what these terrorists do, it’s what the government doesn’t do in response.
In fact, many people don't know how the security services deal with settlers prone to violence and terrorism. Even in Israel, many have a vague idea, because the media (95% anti-settler) rarely reports on the arrests or trials of Jewish terrorists.
The problem is that the Israeli media's main sources of "settler violence" are left-wing organizations and activists who provoke settlers to violence and report their own version of events.
The Shin Bet unit for countering Jewish terrorism is no less strict than the unit dealing with Arab terrorism.
It's all much more complicated than you might learn from the media.
Quite the opposite. There was a small scandal here recently when it was shown that the head of police in Judea/Samaria instructed his police units to arrest Jews even when there was no reason to do so. The government and its various actors are as bad as the leftist press and would happily send these kids to Antarctica.
I agree with you.
“the absurdity of discussing Jewish violence as though it were the original engine driving the conflict” - this is what underpins the Antizionists’ entire view. It is the lens through which they interpret everything, installed by the simplistic oppressor/oppressed ideology, a self-reinforcing system that precludes critical thinking and the intrusion of any idea which might cast doubt on their certainty.
Thank you Joshua for publishing this post.
May I add a bit of information on the subject so that readers here get the right perspective about the Leftist political propaganda advancing the myth of Jewish terrorism:
Palestinian terrorist attacks since 1993 till today in Judea and Samaria
Since the signing of the Oslo Accords in September 1993 through today, Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) have experienced thousands of Palestinian terrorist attacks, resulting in the deaths of hundreds of Israeli civilians and security personnel.
These acts have included shootings, suicide bombings, stabbings, vehicular rammings, improvised explosive devices (IEDs), and rock-throwing.
Timeline and Major Eras
1993–2000 (Post-Oslo Period): Following the Declaration of Principles in September 1993, factions like Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) launched numerous shooting and bombing attacks targeting Israelis traveling or living in Judea and Samaria, alongside attacks within Israel proper. Nearly 300 Israelis were killed during this initial period.
2000–2005 (The Second Intifada):
This period marked a massive escalation, featuring intensive suicide bombings in buses and public spaces, as well as frequent ambushes and shootings on Judea and Samaria roadways. Over 1,000 Israelis lost their lives across the country during this campaign.
2015–2016 (The "Knife Intifada"): Characterized largely by decentralized or lone-wolf attacks involving stabbings, vehicular rammings, and small-arms fire originating across Judea and Samaria and East Jerusalem.
2021–Present (Resurgence and Modern Escalation): The region saw a sharp rise in organized and localized armed groups (such as the Lion's Den and local Hamas/PIJ networks), alongside frequent shooting, explosive, and ramming attacks. Following the events of October 7, 2023, the volume of violent incidents and thwarted terror plots in Judea and Samaria dramatically accelerated, with thousands of individual asymmetric attacks—ranging from Molotov cocktails and rock-throwing to sophisticated roadside bombs and fatal shootings—recorded annually by security and emergency responders.
Primary Tactics and Characteristics
Shootings: Roadside drive-by shootings and ambush attacks targeting civilian vehicles and military posts along regional routes (such as Routes 60 and 90).
IEDs and Explosives: Increased deployment of roadside and concealed explosive devices against security forces during operational entries and civilian transit.
Stabbings and Rammings: Opportunistic assaults at hitchhiking posts, junctions, and community entrances by individual assailants.
Low-Trajectory Violence: Daily localized friction points involving rock-throwing, Molotov cocktails, and tire-burning aimed at disrupting transit and inflicting casualties.
References:
https://jewishvirtuallibrary.org/comprehensive-listing-of-terrorism-victims-in-israel
https://www.inss.org.il/publication/terror-2023-2024/
https://www.gov.il/en/pages/wave-of-terror-october-2015
https://www.gov.il/en/pages/fatal-terrorist-attacks-in-israel-since-dop
https://tps.co.il/articles/report-documents-3000-palestinian-terror-attacks-in-first-half-of-2024/
https://www.terrorism-info.org.il/en/20759/
https://documents.un.org/doc/undoc/gen/g96/110/01/img/g9611001.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_political_violence
https://jewishvirtuallibrary.org/number-of-terrorism-fatalities-in-israel
https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1497278952426074&id=100064319514635
https://www.jns.org/israel-news/3000-terror-attacks-in-judea-and-samaria-since-january
https://www.idf.il/en/mini-sites/palestinian-terrorism/setting-the-facts-straight-on-the-security-fence/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015%E2%80%932016_wave_of_violence_in_the_Israeli%E2%80%93Palestinian_conflict
https://www.terrorism-info.org.il/en/c/general-information/
https://www.idf.il/en/articles/2017/idf-annual-update-everything-you-need-to-know-about-israel-s-security-challenges-from-the-source/
https://www.terrorism-info.org.il/en/tag/the-palestinian-authority/page/32/
Official statistical data and reports from security organizations regarding terrorist activity in Judea and Samaria are primarily compiled by the Israel Security Agency (Shabak/Shin Bet), the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), and academic research bodies like the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS).
1. Israel Security Agency (Shabak) & INSS Data
The Shabak tracks completed, attempted, and thwarted attacks. Comprehensive annual analysis by the INSS Summary of Terror Attacks details a major spike in regional violence: [1, 2]
Total Attacks: In 2024, the Shabak recorded 6,828 terror attacks across Israel and the West Bank, effectively doubling the 3,436 attacks seen in 2023. [2]
Thwarted Operations: According to a Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) Analysis of Shabak Reports, intelligence forces successfully prevented 1,040 significant terror plots in the West Bank and Jerusalem in 2024. These thwarted plots included 689 firearm attacks and 326 explosive devices. [1]
Casualties: In 2024, Palestinian terror attacks resulted in 46 fatalities and 337 injuries. [2]
2. Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Data
The IDF Central Command monitors localized militancy, weapon seizures, and operational trends. Recent data published in an IDF Central Command Report on Ynetnews highlights a stabilization in 2025 following the massive surges of 2023–2024: [3, 4]
Fatalities (2025): Fifteen Israelis (including seven soldiers) were killed in West Bank-related terror attacks in 2025, marking a downward trend from 35 fatalities in 2024. [4]
Arrests: The IDF arrested approximately 3,500 Palestinian terror suspects throughout 2025, which represented a 25% year-over-year increase in proactive counterterrorism sweeps. [4]
Incident Frequency: By 2026, the IDF and Shabak reported that overall terror incidents in the West Bank had fallen significantly compared to the height of the 2024 escalation, though localized cells (primarily in Jenin and Tulkarm) remain highly active, requiring ongoing major brigade-level counterterrorism operations. [3, 4, 5]
3. Historical and Ongoing Victim Tracking
For a complete, names-based historical database tracing back to the 1993 Oslo Accords and through the current calendar year, the Israeli government keeps official records. [6]
The official Gov.il Wave of Terror Portal provides monthly incident tracking from 2015 through mid-2026, recording specific major roadway shootings, stabbings, and IED deployments in Judea and Samaria. [7]
For an exhaustive chronological list of every individual killed in these incidents, the Jewish Virtual Library Comprehensive Listing of Terrorism Victims compiles names, locations, and context for casualties since Israel's inception, including the thousands killed post-1993. [8]
If you would like to explore specific data points further, let me know if I should break down specific types of weapons used (like the rise of localized IEDs) or details regarding IDF counterterrorism operations in areas like Jenin and Tulkarm. [1, 3]
Tulkarm. [1, 3]
https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2025/01/06/more-than-1000-terror-attacks-in-west-bank-and-jerusalem-thwarted-in-2024/
https://www.inss.org.il/publication/terror-2023-2024/
https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1497278952426074&id=100064319514635
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/h1olz0ob11g
https://www.gov.il/en/pages/wave-of-terror-october-2015
https://jewishvirtuallibrary.org/comprehensive-listing-of-terrorism-victims-in-israel
“I spent an afternoon last week doing something international journalist are unwilling to do.
I read every single case in the B'Tselem database of "settlers violence" against Palestinian casualties.
All 134 of them. In 26 years, going back to the year 2000.
When I'll tell you what I found you'd blood will boil.
But yes, thisis the entire dataset international media has been screaming about. Twenty-six years. 134 deaths.
Israel has half a million Jews living in Judea and Samaria. Two million Palestinian neighbors. Twenty-six years of overlapping farmland, shared roads, tense afternoons, and everything in between. And this is the number that supposedly proves we are a wave of armed settler violence sweeping the West Bank.
But that is not even the punchline.
Because when I actually read the cases, here is what is in that number.
Half of them, roughly 65 cases, were Palestinians killed while actively trying to murder Jews. Stabbers shot mid-stab. Shooters killed while shooting. Ramming drivers stopped before they could hit the next Jewish family. Firebomb throwers neutralized while throwing firebombs at moving cars with children in the backseat.
These are not victims of settler violence. These are terrorists killed while committing terror attacks.
Another 40%, roughly 55 cases, were killed during land disputes adjacent to Jewish communities. At best boundary disputes. At worst encroachment and trasspassing. The kind of high-stress friction that ends badly for someone. Every one of these should be investigated, and Israeli police do investigate them. But calling them "settler violence" is like calling every bar fight where someone eventually died a targeted assassination.
Which leaves us with fewer than 20 cases across 26 years of actual bad-actor Jewish extremist violence against Palestinian non-combatants.
Less than one per year.
Every one of those cases is a real outrage. Every one causes horror across the Israeli political spectrum. When Amiram Ben-Uliel was convicted of murdering the Dawabsheh family in Duma in 2015, he received three consecutive life sentences.
That is what we do with our extremists. We hunt them down, prosecute them, and put them away for the rest of their lives.
Unlike Palestinians who pay for slay.
Now compare that to what happens on the other side.
For the past two decades, polls conducted by Palestinian institutions themselves have consistently shown that upwards of 70% of Palestinians support violence against Israeli civilians. Suicide bombings during the Second Intifada. The kidnapping and murder of Jewish teenagers. The barbaric October 7 massacre, which the majority still calls the correct decision.
One side treats violence against civilians as a moral catastrophe. The other side treats it as a legitimate national strategy, and pays lifetime salaries to imprisoned terrorists and the families of dead ones.
That is the moral asymmetry the phrase "cycle of violence" was invented to obscure.
So the next time you see a headline about "settler violence," here is what you are actually reading about:
Fewer than one incident per year, in a population of half a million, prosecuted by our courts, condemned by our leaders, and rejected by our society.
Compare that to thousands of Israeli civilians killed by Palestinian attacks since 1967.
That is not a cycle of violence.
That is a war one side wages against the other while the other side defends its children and puts its own criminals in prison.
Look at the numbers and tell me who the story is really about.”….
Not my words.
This is something that needs to be shared widely.
Could you put it in a separate note or an article so it can be seen and shared with more people, please? I speak as one who has never believed the myth of ‘settler violence’.
Although I’m against having to defend Israel’s right to exist. You seem very reasonable . So I’m willing to open my mind Where am I going wrong ? And It is an assertion. but a true assertion. “ A true assertion is a statement that accurately describes reality — one whose content matches the actual state of affairs it refers to.“
Modern maps show, that land is Israel. They have a government, military, who has a right to tell them want to do? So what If they’re hatred. Would the gentile world suddenly like Jews if they did stupid things against their own self interests? The only thing that matters is saving the few Jews still in existence. Inviting those sworn to their death, into their midst doesn’t sound logical. History, laws, opinions, nothing else matters. The Arab world will likely not vanish if there’s no Palestine, but the Jewish community could end if the Islamists
( Palestinians ) get their way.
The Nazi-sympathising AntiSemites who run parts of the Media and Diplomacy in this AntiZionist campaign resent and hate Strong Jews. This is the real sentiment behind their campaign since 1948, and deflects attention from the Real German Nazi Genocides and Terrorism which murdered 50 Million people 1939-1945, including the Nazi Genocidal murder against Russia and 27 Million Russian souls who perished: The Nazi campaign started in the Media is thus To be filed under Hypocrisy and then ignored. Of course, they will claim the same to defame and then deny The Holocaust. But this will condemn the planet to Genocide which we monitors have heard is planned here in Europe by the Re-formed Nazi Party, of 3000 million in the Developing world. Our full reports are with you.
The heck with it ... let's annex.
Excellent job. I'm so tired of the leftist narrative on this subject I often just skip over those articles but since you wrote this one I anticipated a better understanding of the real issues. And that's what I got. Thank you.
Finally the truth. Thank you. Every single Jew needs to read this
I have witnessed the cruelty with my own eyes, and talked to many Beduoin men who's villages have been demolished and who's families have been harassed. Every Israeli should sign up to do "Protective Presence" to defend helpless villagers. This is not Jewish values! I have defended Israel my entire life and I am so ashamed and disgusted by what I saw I can no longer defend Israel. Settler housing is going up everywhere on land that should be Palestininian. It doesn't matter what some Arab terrorists do, it does not justify the ethnic cleansing and the government's tasit approval. This is ruining the country I loved. Israelis, stop turning a blind eye to harm that is happening to innocent people. This is harmful to both peoples.
Despite being used politically and extrapolated into something it isn't, Jewish terrorism is still what it is, as distinct from Palestinian or Arab terrorism. And although committed by a small minority, it is escalating and becoming more violent, more extreme. It's not being dealt with by the government, the IDF or the police as it should be - and the likes of Ben-Gvir is sooling it on - consequently the behaviour is normalised, as antisemitic behaviour became normalised in Australia due to lack of leadership and police enforcement of the law.
You say that only a few hundred lawbreakers don't pose a direct threat to the powerful State that is Israel or to Zionism. It does though pose a direct threat to the people who suffer the violence and arson. It also poses a threat to morality. The morality of the individual Jew matters. It always has. If we look away from that, we will decline, in time.
We know you, Mr Ericsson. You call Hamas a ‘Resistance’ organisation, knowing in fact they use Rape as a weapon of terrorist War.
No good Projecting your views and criminal support for the rapists in Hamas onto us, matey. Your real motive is hatred, and you have revealed yourself in your posts. I shall be reminding our readers you condone Rape if it is Acts of Resistance….In your own words, Mr Eriksson.
You say Hamas is a ‘Resistance’ organisation. You refuse to condemn the Hamas Rapes of October 7th. QED
Arab terrorism coming from Judea and Samaria (and Gaza) is why the entire hoax of "Palestinianism" is OVER. Israel is a teensy country and will no longer tolerate having terrorists, whose sole goal in life is to kill Jews, in or on the border of Israel anymore. Scream all you want, but it's OVER. Those Arabs who call themselves "Palestinians" should have taken the land deals they were offered for decades--they would have had most of Judea and Samaria and more. But they never wanted that. Read their words and charters--they will only accept ALL of Israel. It's over, now.
Boo hoo. International Law, The United Nations--all failed and have been corrupted by Islamic money. Israel doesn't give a shit anymore, Michael. This is about survival and preventing another 6 million+ Jews being slaughtered (plus the two million Arab citizens, Christian citizens, and others who would also suffer the destruction of Israel). 57 Muslim countries, dozens of Christian countries and one teensy state where Jews can be safe. And read history and look at a map of the Mideast and THEN tell me who the "colonizers" and land-thieves are. It ain't the Jews living on their indigenous land (and by the way, half of the Jews in Israel NEVER LEFT THE REGION IN 5000 YEARS). Go fixate on some other country--oh, but you won't. Israel/Jews occupy your mind to the exclusion of facts and much worse going on. You are a typical, brain-washed, obsessed Jew hater. Worthless.
You are grossly ignorant of the facts of the Middle East. So much so that it’s ridiculous to even continue “discussion.” You don’t even understand what Islamic terror is about, including Hamas (hint—it's not just about the Jews). You think it’s all about land. It isn’t. Never was. Wake up. You are wasting your time. Israel isn't going anywhere, and the world has proven --yet again--exactly why Israel was re-constituted after the Holocaust. There is NO WHERE else on earth the Jews can not be discriminated against, abused, murdered, expelled. No where for them to go, except Israel. Before, during and after the Holocaust, the European haters screamed, "Go back where you came from"--meaning Israel. The survivors had no where else in the world to go, no one wanted to take refugees, especially Jews. And now the world screams, "Go back where you came from."--meaning Europe, where they were slaughtered and are today being abused yet again. Thousands of Jews are leaving Europe and moving to Israel where they can be safe and free; they didn't have that option last time the world went through massive Jew hate (happens every 60-100 years in history, so here we are, 75 years past the Holocaust. Right on schedule). Go focus on Pakistan, where Muslims are slaughtering Hindus (over 100 thousand so far). Or Africa where Muslims are slaughtering Christians (also over a hundred thousand so far). Or focus on the Muslim terrorists who have killed MILLIONS of other Muslims who don't agree with the terrorists (still happening). Wake up and realize what is really happening, and what the Palestinian hoax is REALLY about. Until you do, there is no point in continuing this "discussion."
Bottom line. It’s our land. Done explaining.
Judea as place fictional? Read your history. The Romans changed the name Judea to Palaestina over 2,000 years ago precisely to try to eradicate the Jews and their place. And in the 21st century you are keen to do the same.
You have an agenda, Michael, and that always gets in the way of history and facts. I live in Australia where the origins of the Aboriginal, or Fist Nations people, are recognised and accepted insofar as the land is concerned. And that goes back 65,000 years, not a mere 2,000.
Not much use discussing it further,
Screw yourself. The only thing out of hand is "palestinian" muslim terrorism against Jewish residents in Judea and Samaria and elsewhere. By what criteria do you deem Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria "illegal"? Says who?
All Arab settlements in Judea and Samaria are illegal and need to be dismantled.
In the modern world there’s no such thing as Palestine. The UN’s decrees carry ZERO weight. There’s no such thing as east Jerusalem. There is only Jerusalem which was always undivided other than the 18 years that Jordan illegally occupied part of it. There is no such thing as the “west bank”, the name Jordan changed it to in 1950 while it was illegally occupying Judea/Samaria.